Lead singer of Omega Janos Kobor died
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Topic: Lead singer of Omega Janos Kobor died
Posted By: jojo62
Subject: Lead singer of Omega Janos Kobor died
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 10:03
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Janos Kobor, the lead singer of Omega, the legendary prog rock band form Hungary has died. He was 78. He founded Omega in 1962 and has been active with the band ever since. Within a year keyboardist Laszlo Benko, bass player Tamas Mihaly and now Janos Kobor left us. Unfortunately, this is the end of this fantastic band who gave us Girl With Pearls In Her Hair and other classics. Rest In Peace Janos.  |
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 13:30
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Irreparable loss. Kind of a personal tragedy to me. National hero in Hungary, the voice of Hungarian rock, belowed rock frontman of rock fans in many countries, nice and friendly person if you were lucky to have a chat with him. Unforgettable for several generations. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 13:47
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Ive dug Omega for many, many years and have all their late 60's to late 70's lps including many Hungarian pressing, hard to get in the UK so this is more very sad news and i will have an evening dedicated to my favourite lps in memory and celebration of Janos, Laszlo and Tamas and the great music they left us. RIP. ------------- |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 13:56
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Terrible news. A tragic loss. Omega was so good. ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 14:24
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RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 14:38
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very sad news what happened to Omega. RIP
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Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: December 14 2021 at 15:29
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Only learned of this a few days ago--a sad loss. I have such a fond memory of being in Budapest, going into a great record store, and asking the clerk for any recommendations in Hungarian prog. Came out with a healthy stack. Omega certainly stand out as one of the icons of central European psych and prog. A treasure. ------------- The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough. --Robyn Hitchcock |